Bizarro thing happened to the outside rearview mirror

Thwacked 'ears' with another vehicle and the glass+carriage popped right
out. Of course, it ripped one of the heater-element contacts off the
heater film, so the heater is no longer going to work.

On the plus side (and my reason for posting), is to say that the carriage
CAN be refitted into the 'shell'. It pivots on a plastic ball-and-socket,
and there are two guide and two threaded parts that fit into the motor.
These are 'split' and have a brass 'v' spring that keeps the two halves
pressed against the interior of the threaded motor part.

With a leather glove on, I was able to smack the ball back into the socket
without cracking the mirror glass, although it took several tries (with
ever-increasing violence ;-). But it popped back in and seems to work just
fine again. I really expected the glass to shatter and **** me off even
more.

I wasn't eager to find out what a new mirror was gonna cost. I can live
without the heater.

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Oh and it might've been nicer had I'd said: "97 Explorer LTD"...

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"Herb Kauhry" > wrote in message
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> Thwacked 'ears' with another vehicle and the glass+carriage popped right
> out. Of course, it ripped one of the heater-element contacts off the
> heater film, so the heater is no longer going to work.
>
> On the plus side (and my reason for posting), is to say that the carriage
> CAN be refitted into the 'shell'. It pivots on a plastic ball-and-socket,
> and there are two guide and two threaded parts that fit into the motor.
> These are 'split' and have a brass 'v' spring that keeps the two halves
> pressed against the interior of the threaded motor part.
>
> With a leather glove on, I was able to smack the ball back into the socket
> without cracking the mirror glass, although it took several tries (with
> ever-increasing violence ;-). But it popped back in and seems to work
just
> fine again. I really expected the glass to shatter and **** me off even
> more.
>
> I wasn't eager to find out what a new mirror was gonna cost. I can live
> without the heater.
>
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>